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Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet, born 1862, Home Rule
MP for Dublin South, Kerry West and Wexford North 1885-1918,
Chief Whip of Irish Party, anti-Parnellite after split,
see
election record,
mar 1stly, 1891, to Alice Barbara Donovan,
it was reported in 1907 that
he was going over to
Sinn Fein
(along
with his colleague
James O'Mara),
though he seems to have stayed with the Home Rulers;
Sinn Fein was more an idea than a party at this point,
he still stood for the Irish Party in
the two 1910 general elections
(last elections before 1918),
so he remained a Home Rule MP,
he was NOT a Sinn Fein MP,
in fact, in 1918 in Wexford North
he stood as a Nationalist
against
the Sinn Fein candidate, and lost,
Free State Senator,
Alice Barbara died 1922,
the
Esmonde seat,
Ballynastragh House, Co.Wexford, was burned down
by the Republicans in the Civil War in 1923,
mar 2ndly, 1924, to Anna Frances Levins,
he
sent message of sympathy at death of
Stephen O'Mara
1926,
was at the Alderman's funeral 1931,
died 1935,
Anna Frances was
my mother's godmother,
she died 1941,
11th Baronet
had issue by 1st wife: